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Gratitude

A lot of hype has gone into this idea of having an attitude of gratitude. Easily said, not as easy to apply to your daily life. For instance, how to spontaneously call upon your gratitude reserves when the electric guy comes to turn your power off? To your surprise of course, because you've been otherwise occupied with children and other unexpected events in your life and forgot to follow through on payment arrangements for said electric company. This is just one idea I came up with. Yes, a personal experience. I'm not too proud to profess on this Blog that I am lacking in any form of organization within my brain. This is why I keep a planner with everything, except that particular bill payment date, in it!
Point is, we can't always find the gratitude when we need it. The important thing is that we eventually find it. Like being grateful for grand-babies. Particularly the one who caught the eye of the electric guy long enough for him to decide to delay pulling the plug in order for me to transfer money and make the payment. Nice guy. I also think he was afraid to go in my backyard. Killer Beagle. Also, grateful for her. (not really a killer, just kind of stupid)
Gratitude is a retrospective type of thing when it comes to adversity. Adversity is what makes us better. Being better helps us to recognize what to be grateful for. Being grateful gives us retrospect.
So Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Let's be thankful for adversity. There's a lot more to come.

This week has been a week of stopping.I was sick, several kids were sick etc. etc. Usually, I only have a few things I have to do every week,according to THE LIST. I'm sure you can relate. It seems relatively simple on paper. Watch a grandbaby on this day, do school work every morning, do some laundry, keep the house neat, plan a meal and actually cook it later in the day, check e-mail, schedule some appointments, and maybe a trip to the grocery store. It's a beautiful list on paper, but somehow it grows on it's own when applied and becomes a maze of impossibility. Variables enter the equation-child needs something brought to school, dog gets into a bag of trash, bank account is overdrawn, friend is in need, internet is down, I've got nothing to wear today!!! And so I take the advice of Sheryl Crow, all she wants to do is have some fun. She said, that she grew up with a picture in her mind of how things should look in her life. As she lived life, the reality became further and further from the picture on the wall of her mind. So she simply removed the picture. I love it. Everyday we paint a new picture. Lists are great and guidelines to get us going, but we need to allow the picture to paint itself and enjoy it's beauty at the end of the day. I hope you paint a wonderful picture today!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCBUzzBm4cg

Who's watching who?Who's watching you?

Did you ever truly admire someone for all that they had been through? Someone that had everything in the world against them and yet they kept climbing and plowed on through? Someone that lost everything, was homeless on the street, near death because of health issues? Did that person ever look at you and say, "well, I just thought of you and all you had been through. I thought of the things that challenged you and how you just kept going and never gave up."?
That just happened to me yesterday and I was, frankly, in shock. No way is anyone learning from me. Not true.I was not aware, although I preach it constantly to my kids. The blessings that come from our trials, truly may not be ours to own but they are blessings, none the less.

Reasons I don't sleep......

1. Possibly early menopause, but let's face it, I could never be so lucky.

2. Restless Leg Syndrome. Feels like someone is inside my calves tickling me from the inside out.Creepy.

3. I have a monkey brain. It jumps from one thought to another.

4. Wisdom teeth rearing their ugly heads!

5. Grandbaby in next room laughing and playing with her mom.(this is okay with me!)

6. The list of things to do tomorrow grows on it's own and reports to my brain constantly!

7. I hear the cry of my sisters in sleeplessness as they post messages to their facebook accounts!